---
title: Hymn 16 To Asclepius
title_greek: Ὕμνος εἰς Ἀσκληπιόν
author: Hymnic Collection  Anonymous
eul_wid: upu-ah
eul_aid: upu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hymnic-anon-asclepius-upu-ah"
period: Classical
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hymn 16 To Asclepius

*Ὕμνος εἰς Ἀσκληπιόν*

**Author:** Hymnic Collection  Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `upu-ah` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hymnic-anon-asclepius-upu-ah)

## Text

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Ἰητῆρα νόσων Ἀσκληπιὸν ἄρχομ’ ἀείδειν υἱὸν Ἀπόλλωνος τὸν ἐγείνατο δῖα Κορωνὶς Δωτίῳ ἐν πεδίῳ κούρη Φλεγύου βασιλῆος, χάρμα μέγ’ ἀνθρώποισι, κακῶν θελκτῆρ’ ὀδυνάων. Καὶ σὺ μὲν οὕτω χαῖρε ἄναξ· λίτομαι δέ ς’ ἀοιδῇ.

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